Patients' experiences of NPWT in an outpatient setting in Denmark.
Objective: To study patients' experiences of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) used for wounds of various aetiologies in the outpatient setting and the influences on daily life. Method: In this qualitative study, a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach was used. Ten patients underwent qualitati...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Wound Care Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 197 - 205 |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
Apr2013
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